Chapter 219
"I have an idea. Master Jun, just wait for me."
Su Manrong felt that this official was also a father for the first time. It was obvious that he had no experience, but he was a good father.
She stood up in a hurry and walked to Xiao Chengxian: "Can your pigeons fly and deliver messages?"
Watching TV shows, most of the ancient communication methods were flying pigeons to deliver messages...
"What are you thinking about? This is a racing pigeon, my treasure." Xiao Chengxian's eyes were as wide as bells, and he shook his head repeatedly.
Su Manrong was worried about being hit by the shackles on his body, so she ducked subconsciously. She lost her footing and almost fell. Fortunately, she squatted down in time and adjusted her center of gravity.
She twitched the corner of her mouth in embarrassment and looked up at Xiao Chengxian, who had a funny expression...
Eh? Why does she feel that Xiao Chengxian's prison clothes have been washed and there is a faint smell of sulfur soap on them?
"That official boy has a fever. He cares about his family very much. Think about it, he has to escort us to Sichuan and won't be able to go home for two months. How worried he is."
Su Manrong stood up, cleared her throat, and persuaded.
His reaction was so exciting, the pigeon must be able to carry the message, but he just couldn't bear to part with it.
"If you want to please that official, you might as well please me." Xiao Chengxian curled his lips and shook the pigeon cage with the yoke, then whistled like a baby to tease the pigeons.
"Since you bribed the official in front of you, you don't want to offend the official in the back, right?"
Su Manrong didn't know how Xiao Chengxian bribed the black-faced official, but everyone in the Xiao family was in deep trouble, but Xiao Chengxian, a useless bastard, was safe and sound.
She knew that Xiao Chengxian was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
"As expected of Su Shangshu's daughter, she is indeed different from those women." Xiao Chengxian put away the ungrateful smile on his face and said word by word: "However, I am not happy, you can find another way."
"It doesn't matter. If you are willing to cooperate with me, you will avoid some physical pain along the way. If you don't want to cooperate, I can also let the jailer rob your pigeonhole. Anyway, you are just a prisoner."
Su Manrong had no time to argue with Xiao Chengxian, so she stood up and threatened with a straight face: "You should know what to do."
As long as he is on the negotiating table, there is no customer that Mr. Su cannot negotiate with...
"Insidious." Xiao Chengxian frowned and muttered helplessly: "Then I have a question, and you must answer me truthfully."
"Okay." Su Manrong stopped and showed a victorious smile: "Time is tight. If you have any questions, you can ask them later and do business first."
At that moment, the two of them carried the pigeon cage to the official and wrote a note. However, he did not move the pigeon, so they could only untie Xiao Chengxian's shackles and let him fix the note.
"Master Jun, my pigeon is the smartest pigeon in the world. No matter where we go, it can find me."
Xiao Chengxian rubbed his sore arms and said with a playful smile: "Then don't wear my shackles. The pigeons will fly back in a while, and I will help you get the letter."
"You don't have to wear the yoke, but you have to wear the handcuffs." The official thought that if Xiao Chengxian's pigeon could accurately deliver letters, it would inevitably cause trouble for Xiao Chengxian.
The reason for wearing the shackles is because they are worried that men will have the force to join forces and escape. At present, Xiao Chengxian is the only one who does not wear the shackles, and it will not make a difference.
"Okay." Xiao Chengxian took the pigeon cage off the shackles and held it in his hand, but he didn't even remember that he had held a child for Su Manrong.
After sending the carrier pigeon away, the knife-wielding officer and the black-faced officer chatted for a while, and both of them looked in the direction of Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian.
"With Su Shangshu behind the Su family, she will definitely not suffer any hardships along the way. She really has contacts with the officials. If she says something to the officials, we people will inevitably suffer."
Every time Mrs. Xiao Guo saw Su Manrong's arrogant expression, she felt filled with hatred.
She is just a concubine in the Shangshu Mansion, so what confidence does she have to act wildly against her?
"Mother, even if the Su family is protected by officials, there are so many accidents along the way. It is impossible for the Su family to reach Sichuan and Shu alive." A murderous intention flashed in the eyes of the eldest lady Qin Ru...
"I'll leave this matter to you." After Xiao Guo finished speaking, he silently recited Amitabha.
Afterwards, the exiled team continued to move forward. Su Manrong was only tied to a chain with Xiao Chengxian, Aunt Du and Xiao Chengxiao, and the walking speed was much faster.
The official looked at Su Manrong's team and kept a long distance away from everyone in Xiao Mansion. He raised his whip in dissatisfaction and drove his horse towards everyone in Xiao Mansion.
"You're procrastinating, are you looking for death? Why don't you hurry up and follow?" The black-faced official raised his whip and severely whipped the team of Xiao Mansion's female relatives.
The clothes on the legitimate daughter Xiao Jing and the two young ladies were all damaged by long whips...
They no longer had the arrogance they had before. Even though they were in pain and wanted to cry, they could only grit their teeth and endure it.
The female relatives of the Xiao family were also whipped...
They looked at Su Manrong and others who were walking at the front, and felt even more hatred in their hearts. If Su Manrong hadn't walked so fast, they wouldn't have been whipped.
Dragging their exhausted bodies, the group finally arrived at the inn where they were staying after sunset.
After entering the inn, the long chains under the prisoners' feet can be removed and they can move around freely. However, the exit of the inn is guarded by officers, and prisoners generally cannot escape.
However, just to be on the safe side, the official raised his whip and threatened him fiercely.
"From now on, there are only two meals a day. After eating so much food on the table, it will be gone. You are no longer a powerful person. If you don't eat this food, you will be hungry. If you delay your trip because of hunger, you will be whipped.
Bar.
After dinner, the women will live in the east and the men will live in the west. Please be honest with me. If you try to escape by chance, your face will be branded if you are caught."
On the table were a pot of coarse steamed bread covered with mildew spots, a bucket of porridge, and a porcelain bowl full of cracks.
The people in the Xiao Mansion relied on the fact that they still had food, and went back to the east wing to rest without even looking at the meager meals.
The female relatives of the Xiao Mansion had experience living in cells, and they all knew that the location near the door was ventilated, so they all squeezed in for fear of being robbed of their good seats.
Aunt Du and Xiao Chengxiao had no luggage and no kettle. They were very hungry and thirsty on the way. They couldn't care about so much at this time and drank two bowls of porridge to fill their stomachs.
Naturally, Su Manrong could not let her children eat these unhygienic meals. In addition, along the way, she secretly ate a lot of food for her two children.
Later, she found Xiao Chengxian and asked him to watch the two children so that she could find a deserted place to brew two cups of milk powder.
She would never dare to hand over her two children to Aunt Du, just in case those ambitious people in Xiao Mansion took the opportunity to do something...
"Someone is looking for you at the door of the inn. The military master asked you to come over."
Xiao Chengxian had been missing since he took off the chain. When he came back now, he was carrying two luggages. One of them should be bulging with quilts and clothes, and the other should be filled with wooden boards or something like that.
Chapter completed!